If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

As a final incentive before giving up a

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.